MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
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